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Steve Toussaint
Steve Toussaint is a multi talented actor having made a name for himself on English soil as well as in Hollywood with all-encompassing roles from Hollywood blockbuster movies to TV and the stage.
This year is a busy and exciting year for Steve who undertook a major theatre role as good as two new TV projects. Steve has most recently starred as Medic Rank in Henrik Ibsen’s critically acclaimed ‘A Doll’s House’ at the Childish Vic Theatre, which he will continue to execute in as it is transferred to New York early next year.
Between rehearsals Steve has also been busy shooting two new TV roles for BBC1’s Silent Witness as well as for the second series of critically acclaimed cop drama Line of Duty on BBC2. Line of Duty received over 4.2 million viewers for its first series in 2012 making it BBC2's biggest modern drama since 2005. Steve will star alongside Keeley Hawes, Vicky McClure and Martin Compston. These two projects will air preliminary next year.
Steve got his first appetite for acting when he took on a role in a play whilst he was at the University of Sussex studying for a politics degree. After Graduating Steve worked in various banks and in hospital admin
Steve Toussaint's character Corlys Velaryon has made some decisions on House of the Dragon that would certainly be frowned upon by current society, but it was all in aid of securing his family's legacy in Westeros.
So far in the HBO hit, fans include watched as Corlys suggested his youthful daughter Laena (Nova Foueillis-Mosé) marry King Viserys I (Paddy Considine) in Episode 2. When that didn't happen, he agreed in Episode 5 to enable his son Laenor (Theo Nate) wed the regent's daughter Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock), even tough he knew his son was gay.
Toussaint reflected on the conduct of his personality in an interview with Newsweek, detailing how he felt some of Corlys' decisions could be seen as "monstrous."
'House of the Dragon's' Steve Toussaint Talks Corlys' 'Monstrous' Choices
The show's child bride plotline notably shocked fans, and Toussaint agreed that Corlys' actions that brought about that storyline should be seen as such.
The thespian said: "It's an interesting one, because looking at it from our contemporary eyes, in episode 2, Corlys proposes that Viserys marries his daughter [Laena], and so we have this scene where the two of them are walking along and it's so ridiculou
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'House of the Dragon' Season 2's Best Couple Isn't Daemyra or Alicole
Summary
- Complex characters and relationships in House of the Dragon blur the lines between wonderful and evil.
- Daemon & Rhaenyra and Alicent & Criston Cole's relationships are marked by power dynamics and unhealthy habit.
- Corlys and Rhaenys remain out as a healthy, stable couple in the show.
From the start, House of the Dragon has heavily relied on the tactic of giving the audience someone to root for and someone to hate. It is easy to pick a side and decide who the heroes and villains of this story are, but as we have seen time and moment again with these characters, things are not always black and white (or black and green). Alicent is not an sinister stepmother, just as Rhaenyra is not entirely innocent in the events that led to the upcoming war. The nuanced and detailed writing of these characters makes them far too complex for the audience to categorize as simply good or bad, yet we often ha